VENICE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. director Alexander Payne, president of the jury at this year's Venice Film Festival, said on Wednesday that while movies rarely alter the course of society, they serve as vital documents of their times and shape memory. Can a film really change society or culture? I don't know. Doubtful, Payne said, recalling that films such...

08:34 AM EDT, 08/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Quipt Home Medical ( QIPT ) confirmed Wednesday that it has received an unsolicited, non-binding and indicative proposal from Forager Capital Management to acquire the company for $3.10 per share. Quipt noted that the current offer is 26% lower than a previous offer made by Forager Capital in January for $3.90 per share....

08:33 AM EDT, 08/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Sempra ( SRE ) said Wednesday its subsidiary, Sempra Infrastructure, signed a 20-year deal with EQT (EQT) to supply 2 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas offtake from the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 development project in Jefferson County, Texas. EQT will purchase the LNG on a free-on-board basis at a...

BERLIN, Aug 27 (Reuters) - German banks blocked PayPal ( PYPL ) payments worth more than 10 billion euros ($11.7 billion) due to concerns about fraud, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Wednesday. The payments were halted on Monday after lenders flagged millions of suspicious direct debits from PayPal ( PYPL ) that appeared last week, the newspaper said, without...